Goethe & the ginkgo: a tree & a poem
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1. Verfasser: Unseld, Siegfried 1924-2002 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2003
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Online-Zugang:DE-1046
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-85)
In 1815, Goethe gave symbolic expression to his intense relationship with Marianne Willemer, a recently married woman 35 years his junior. He gave her a leaf from the ginkgo tree, explaining that, like its deeply cleft yet still whole leaf, he was 'single yet twofold'. Although it is not known if their relationship was ever consummated, they did exchange love poetry, and Goethe published several of Marianne's poems in his 'West-East Divan' without crediting her authorship. This book considers what this episode means to our estimation of a writer many consider nearly godlike in stature
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 87 p.)
ISBN:0226841952
9780226841946
9780226841953

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